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ArticleAutophagy2025

Histone lactylation stimulated upregulation of PSMD14 alleviates neuron PANoptosis through deubiquitinating PKM2 to activate PINK1-mediated mitophagy after traumatic brain injury.

Lei Xu, Yangfan Ye, Wei Gu, Xiao Xu, Nuo Chen, Liuchao Zhang, Wanzhi Cai, Jingming Hu, Tian Wang, Honglu Chao and 2 more

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Article in Autophagy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Post-Translational Modifications in Traumatic Brain Injury: Decoding the Proteomic Landscape and Molecular Mechanisms of Secondary Injury.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  4. Lactylation and regulated cell death: the substrate defines the outcome.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  18. PANoptosis in diabetes: immunometabolic insights and treatments.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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12 authors.

Lei XuDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Yangfan YeDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Wei GuDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Xiao XuDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Nuo ChenDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Liuchao ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Wanzhi CaiDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Jingming HuDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Tian WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Honglu ChaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Yiming TuDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Jing JiDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7372-024X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alleviating the multiple types of programmed neuronal death caused by mechanical injury has been an impetus for designing neuro-therapeutical approaches after traumatic brain injury (TBI). The aim of this study was to elucidate the potential role of PSMD14 (proteasome 26S subunit, non-ATPase 14) in neuron death and the specific mechanism through which it improves prognosis of TBI patients. Here, we identified differential expression of the PSMD14 protein between the controlled cortical impact (CCI) and sham mouse groups by LC-MS proteomic analysis and found that PSMD14 was significantly upregulated in neurons after brain injury by qPCR and western blot. PSMD14 suppressed stretch-induced neuron PANoptosis and improved motor ability and learning performance after CCI in vivo. Mechanistically, PSMD14 improved PINK1 phosphorylation levels at Thr257 and activated PINK1-mediated mitophagy by deubiquitinating PKM/PKM2 (pyruvate kinase M1/2) to maintain PKM protein stability. PSMD14-induced mitophagy promoted mitochondrial homeostasis to reduced ROS production, and ultimately inhibited the neuron PANoptosis. The upregulation of neuronal PSMD14 after TBI was due to the increase of histone lactation modification level and lactate treatment alleviated neuron PANoptosis via increasing PSMD14 expression. Our findings suggest that PSMD14 could be a potential therapeutic approach for improving the prognosis of TBI patients.

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Brain Injuries, TraumaticMitophagyNeuronsProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProtein KinasesPyruvate KinaseThyroid HormonesAnimalsHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMitochondriaPTEN-Induced Putative KinaseThyroid Hormone-Binding ProteinsUbiquitinationProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProtein KinasesPTEN-Induced Putative KinasePyruvate KinaseThyroid Hormone-Binding ProteinsThyroid HormonesCell deathH3K18lamitophagyphosphorylationPSMD14TBI

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PMID40000916
PMCPMC12283019

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